The Empresses (2023)
Little Elizabeth thought her future was predestined: she was to marry Louis XV and become the Queen of France – that was the promise given to her by her father, Emperor of Russia Peter the Great. When Peter dies in 1725 without naming a successor, an era of palace coups and power struggles begins in Russia. For some tumultuous years it remains to be seen whether the young Russian Empire and its new capital St. Petersburg would stand, and what future lies in store for the country of Russia. Peter's widow, Catherine I, becomes Empress - the first woman to rule Imperial Russia. She wishes to fulfil the promise her late husband had given to their daughter, but fails. Young Louis XV refuses to marry Elizabeth after learning that she was born before her parents were officially married. That, in his eyes, made her illegitimate.
Director: Andrey Kravchuk
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Yulia Peresild as |
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Ivan Kolesnikov as |
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Igor Gordin as |
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Ksenia Utekhina as |
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Anastasia Talyzina as |
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Maria Peresild as |
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Anna Ukolova as |
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Alexandra Veleskevich as |
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Kolya Neukoelln as |
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Pavel Vorozhtsov as |
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Olga Lerman as |
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Eduard Orlov as |
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Yaroslav Petrashko as |
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Vyacheslav Kharchev as |
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Nina Kucheruk as |
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Vadim Rudenko as |
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Daniil Bytrozorov as |
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Alan Gubaev as |
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Evgeny Mikhaylenko as |
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Vadim Pirozhenko as |
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Elena Krestyantseva as |
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Vladimir Kanukhin as |
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Roman Kaun as |
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Roman Vasilev as |
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Yuriy Itskov as |
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Evgeniy Okorokov as |
| Writing | Andrey Kravchuk | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yekaterina Shapkayts | Costume Design |
| Production | Tina Kandelaki | Producer |
| Production | Vadim Vereshchagin | Producer |
| Production | Ivan Golomovzyuk | Producer |
| Writing | Anton Cherenkov | Writer |
| Sound | Kuzma Bodrov | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Boris Khanchalyan | Producer |
| Art | Mariya Turskaya | Production Design |
| Production | Olga Gnezdilova | Producer |
| Writing | Andrey Rubanov | Writer |
| Directing | Andrey Kravchuk | Director |
| Camera | Morad Abdel-Fattakh | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Petr Shchepilov | Editorial Services |